Humidor



R. ORNDUFF HUMIDOR Sept. Z5 ,1923.

l Filed' Dc. 15, 1919 vvuseful' Improvements in 'Iumidors,"`

Patented Sept. Z5, i923.

Terrestres iatale nonnnr'onnnu'rr, or CARTHAGE, MISSOURI. f

' Appnea'nmaiea December 15, 1919. seiiai No, 345,099.

,To all urli-0m z? mag/concern: f

Be it known that I, Ronnirr ORNDUFF, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Carthage, county of Jasper, and State-of `Missourif have invented certain. newand of which the following isa specification; My inventionv relates to humidors such as are used tofmaintain'a proper'degreejof moisture in the atmosphere within a case or receptacle containingtobacco, in one form or another. Y Y, Y Inthe accompanying drawings, in which I have illustrated the preferred form 0fv my invention, Figure is aside elevation of one form of the humidor, the parts being separated. Y n

F ig. 2 is a vertical sectional view, the parts being assembled.

Fig. 3 isv a sideelevation of a complete hurnidoryeof'different sha-pe from that of,

Fig. .1.

Fig. l is atransverse sectional view taken.

on the line IV--IVv of Fig. 3.

VThe humidor comprisesi a liquid containing base 2, which is preferably a metal vessel, the upper wall or top of which Aturns inwardly toward the opening 3, which is preferablyV centrally located.

i indicates anveva-porating column, adapted'to set into the base 2. The portion that enters the base is preferably shaped, in cross section, to fit quite-closely thecontracted mouth or opening?) of the base, and this part is of such length as preferably to reach the bottom of the liquid-containing base,'.on

vwhich it rests. Thisevaporating columnis Vlength thereof or may terminate some dis-v formed of some porous material, and I have found that natural tripoli stone, which is quarried largelvin the vicinity of Seneca,

'Missourn is better adapted for this purpose than any other substance of which I know, as it may be easily shaped, is highly porous, absorbing water, readily, may; be easily cleaned, and forms an admirable filter. The column ispreferably formed with a central perforation 5, which may extend the entire tance from" its lower end, leaving a bottom '9. In using the humidor the parts are assembled as indicated in Figs.' 2 and 3 and I water is poured into the central cavity of the column t. It escapes therefrom through column, in doing which it is filtered, and collects in the portionA of the base, 10, surrounding' the'column. This liquid-collecting space l0 may beof'sufficient capacity Vto require the'cavity-inthe column 4i to bey filled several times before the base is filled.

Thenatureof the columnis such that the liquid that collects inthe base, in the manner just described, iswclean; having beenA filtered when passing through theY body of thec'olumn 4.- Any sediment that may have been retained withinthe cavityr 5" mayrbe wiped out,fleaving the interior surfacev of inserted into the base containing liquidsoon becomes saturated with the liquid, which y evaporates from its surface, maintaining thev desired degree of moisture 1n the atmosphere of the case or apartment in which the humidor may beplaced. The column /lf may be cylindrical, as shown in F igs.v 1 land 2, or polygonal, as represented in Fig.

A cap 6 may `behused y Y ofthe article asa whole. The column when v 3. Inf any event it should be' shaped to fit Y closelythe contracted mouth ofthe base 2, forming a tight closure therefor, preventingdust or other foreign and undesirable material from entering the base and contaminating the liquid contained .'therein, K* which, has been described, maybe ltereil as the base is being filled.

The columnV may be of uniform'si'ze 'inl cross section from end to end, as represented in Fig. 8, or its lower portion, the part thatr enters the base, may be reducedv inv size,'as 1 indicated at 7 Figs. 1 and 2. 'In this event there Vis formed a shoulder 8 that is adapted to rest upon the upper edge ,of the neck ll'of the base surrounding the openingl.

A. humidor such as described is attractive in appearance,` may be cheaply manufac-vv tured, can beeasily kept clean, ,and insures that the liquid that isto be evaporated shall be maintained pure and clean atall times; f f

ing'base having a contractedl mouth, and a t rigid columnrof porous material adapted to litthe .mouth of the base and extend downward thereinto so as to dip into the liquid heldL -by the base, and upward above the base, the upper part serving as an evaporator. y'

2. A humidor such as described in claim l, the column thereof being hollow with an integral bottom. f Y l f @Stone adapted to serve'asV a filter for the` liquid to be evaporated.

3. A humidoi' such as described in Yelaine 2, having` the vcolumn formed ofV tiipoli 4. Ahumidor consistingV of a ivatenholdf ingbase with a contracted mouth in the top thereof, and an evaporating column of porous rigid material formed Withva central perforation which may be filled With Vliquih-V end Shaped to it V'closely the opening Vin the top of' the base, the lower end of the Veolurnn being elosedrbyan integral bottoni Y Jsopv ofthe Vbase to/,constitute an evaporator. I fr 5. A humidor comprising a liquid holding' bese with a eontraeted mouth7 and acolunin of porous material, the lower end fof which neeeioe is shaped to lit thevniouth of the rliquidrholdf ing base and to extend into thefszime, and

the upper portion being of larger Size and v extendingr above thefbase Vtojseive as" an Vevapoi'atontherebe'ing between the conf tra-@ted lower portion of the Vcolumn and the vlarger upper portion a shoulder adpted tol the base surrounding the resten the'edgelof v K contracted vinouth `thereof.

' 6. A humidier comprising a 'liquid-hold@ ingr Ycontainer and av `(LletachableY1 porous rigid mass having a portion thereof proJect#y ing into the SaidY container Vand, into the liquid therein and another portionthereofV projecting above the SaidY container7 the said rigid niassbeing adapted to. olo'se'the said container and to. absorb/the'liquidlfand supply ymoisture to the atmosphere p ein`- rounding vvthe container.

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